SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP | OCTOBER 10, 2021
Voices Together and the Worlds Worship Creates
The order of worship is HERE.
Worship bulletin: This Sunday for our in-person worship, we will be providing a printed order of worship. We are focusing our regular bulletin production time and energy on having the songs and liturgies on slides for folks worshiping remotely via Zoom. Announcements will continue to be sent out via email.
In-person Worship: Sign-up HERE if you wish to attend in-person this Sunday or any Sunday through October 31. Notes: Please wear your mask. If you forget it, we will have some available. The Zoom option will continue to be offered for the service.
Nursery & Preschoolers’ Time is offered during worship the first Sunday of the month. Those spaces will still be available every Sunday if children need a place to move and play, but a parent/guardian will need to stay with their child when the rooms are not staffed with volunteers. The next time childcare will be available will be this Sunday, November 7.
COVID precautions: Before you come to church, screen your household: any fever? any loss of smell or taste? any close exposure to active COVID19? any illness? If anyone in your household is ill, we ask that you stay home that Sunday.
The Zoom link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83579028885. Or dial 1-301-715-8592, ID 835 7902 8885.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
General
Office update: Pastor Joel will be taking vacation and his quarterly Sabbath weekend, Wednesday, October 13-Monday, October 18. Contact Pastor Mark for pastoral care concerns (mark@columbusmennonite.org).
A memorial service for Ann Snyder will be held on Thursday, October 21 at 7:00 pm in the sanctuary. The service will also be available by Zoom using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83579028885. Or dial 1-301-715-8592, ID 835 7902. If joining us in-person, please wear a mask and practice social distancing. Due to COVID, there is no visitation before the service and no food will be served.
Women’s Coffee Time, Thursday, October 14, 10-11:30AM (and each 2nd Thursday of the month). All women are welcome. We meet at church in the Fellowship Hall, with plenty of space to spread out. Snacks and good fellowship are provided. Come and join us!
Young Adult Dinner Group: Abbie and Joel Miller will be hosting a Young Adult Dinner Group on Sunday, October 24 at 5:30 at their home (5384 Olentangy River Rd.; Columbus, OH 43235). This will be outside with yard games and a fire. This is an open group, and anyone who considers themselves a young adult is welcome to join. RSVP to Joel if you plan to join (joel@columbusmennonite.org).
A Shelter for Edith: Directors Elisa Stone Leahy and Matthew Leahy are pleased to offer a virtual screening of the documentary, available to watch online beginning on October 3 through the end of October. A $15 donation is suggested per family. A private link will be sent to the email address you provide. RSVP here.
Mennonite Youth Choir Festival would like to invite children in grades 3-9 to join us for a weekend of singing, March 5 and 6, 2022 in Berne, Indiana. We love praising God through song and want to pass on the love of music to youth of all ages. No matter where you go to church on a Sunday morning, your voice is needed in our choir! For more information and registration: www.mennoniteyouthchoir.com.
Mission
Support Clintonville Resource Center (CMC alternative to CROP Walk): Please send your donation to CMC by Sunday, October 10th and write “CRC donation” on the memo line.
A Gathering of Stories for BREAD: It is time for our BREAD listening sessions which will meet by Zoom again this year. The BREAD organization looks to focus its social justice energy around topics that are affecting its members and personal stories are the best way to frame and communicate those concerns to folks working directly to make changes in policy. Questions will focus on what about your neighborhood worries you the most, a specific environmental concern, and one thing in your neighborhood or workplace that is functioning well. Zoom meeting options: Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 7:00 PM, Thursday, Oct. 14 at 7:00 PM, Sunday, Oct. 17 at 2:00 PM. Mark your calendar! The Zoom link for these meetings: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83579028885. Or dial 1-301-715-8592, ID 835 7902 8885.
Calendars
Sunday’s Events
9:30 am Worship in-person/Zoom
11:00 am Christian Education Classes
Activities this Week
Monday, October 11
3:00 pm CRC Kids Club in basement (Mon-Fri)
Tuesday, October 12
4:30 pm Worship Commission via Zoom
7:00 pm BREAD Listening Session https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83579028885
Wednesday, October 13
10:15 am Pandemic Resource Team via Zoom
12:00 pm Richard Rohr Daily Meditations Discussion via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82896990258
Thursday, October 14
9:00 am Bulletin deadline
10:00 am Women’s Breakfast Group in fellowship hall
5:30 pm Yoga with Andy King in fellowship hall (Edith fund raiser)
7:00 pm BREAD Listening Session https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83579028885
Friday, October 15
6:30 am Men’s Breakfast via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/313623317
9:00 am Piecemakers in fellowship hall
4:00 pm Cleaning in sanctuary, offices, kitchen
Saturday, October 16
2:00 pm Cleaning in sanctuary, offices
Sunday, October 17
9:30 am Worship in-person/Zoom
11:00 am Christian Education Classes
2:00 pm BREAD Listening Session https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83579028885
Office Contacts and Schedules for October 10 – October 17
- Gwen: office@columbusmennonite.org, 614-558-2971 Mon-Fri, 9:00 am to 2:30 pm
- Mim: mim@columbusmennonite.org, 614-745-5150, Tuesday, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Mark: mark@columbusmennonite.org, 419-392-0610 Tuesday, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Joel: joel@columbusmennonite.org, 614-940-7839, Tuesday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; on vacation Oct 13-18.
Last Sunday | October 3
Attendance: 167 (86 in-person & 81 Zoom)
Offerings Received (last week) $ 5,295.00
Offerings Received (October) $ 5,295.00
Offerings Needed (October) $ 33,654.00
Christian Education Classes
Children’s Christian Education (pre-k through 12) meets in the fellowship hall.
Adult Christian Education Fall Semester
- “Defund the Police?”: While calls to abolish police and prisons are centuries old, many of us have only just started hearing them. Join us as we learn about police abolition through our Mennonite values of rejecting state violence and standing with marginalized peoples through a curriculum created by Mennonite Church USA. -Facilitated by Adam Glass. This class will be hybrid. Please sign up HERE so that we know how many people to expect in-person and online. Meets in rm 22.
- Voices Together: Yearning to sing more hymns after this long hiatus from church? Eager to become more familiar with our new hymnal, Voices Together (VT)? Then join the Sunday school class that will meet this fall in the sanctuary as we explore both new and familiar hymns and worship resources in VT. We will meet in the sanctuary. Please wear masks and socially distance with your household.
- A Hunger for Healing: For the past several years, this class/group has provided an introduction (for those who needed introduced) and/or guide (for those who had already been introduced) to the spiritual exercises known as the 12 Steps. We will read from J. Keith Miller’s book A Hunger for Healing; The Twelve Steps as a classic model for Christian spiritual growth, as well as work our way through an accompanying series of DVDs. What we read and watch provide a starting point for sharing, for discussion, and for (hopefully) growth and healing. No previous experience with the 12 Steps is required. Regular attendance is not required. Anyone is welcome. This class will meet in rm 25. We will all be wearing masks and practicing physical distancing. The class will be facilitated by Steve Rolfe. Zoom link for those joining from home: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87093696669?pwd=VVNoQ08rL3FoWEwzMUhrOTBxc2ZMUT09
